The hazard of maintaining a website is keeping it fresh. So from time to time things may appear on this page that are (intended to be) of a transient nature. Current issues of relevance/irrelevance include:

* Academy of Urbanism Glasgow Congress: Hello! If you were there. Get nosy/roots up/no red lines, thanks.

* Is there such a thing as Train Lag and can this be addressed by applying red wine?

* Spectacles and tie knots: wide/narrow. There must be some relationship.

* Sausages. Ballencreiff free range Rare Pedigree East Lothian pigs. www.ballencrieffrppigs.co.uk/

* There's a riot going on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOgfcGZOB9Y

* Find your new favourite music. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0100rp6